NYSE:SCL - Stepan Stock Price, Forecast & News

Stepan trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SCL."

Stepan announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 22nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.275 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.07%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. This is a boost from Stepan's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Stepan's Dividend History.

Stepan (NYSE:SCL) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The basic materials company reported $1.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.06. The basic materials company had revenue of $451.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $489.40 million. Stepan had a net margin of 5.75% and a return on equity of 14.10%. The company's revenue was down 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.11 earnings per share. View Stepan's Earnings History.

Stepan is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Stepan.

3 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Stepan's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect Stepan's share price to reach $20.33 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 80.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Stepan.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stepan in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Stepan.

Headlines about SCL stock have trended neutral this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Stepan earned a news sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Stepan.

Stepan saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 305,500 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the December 15th total of 290,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 74,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Stepan's Current Options Chain.

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Stepan's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc. (0.20%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.14%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Alpine Global Management LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Stepan stock include Arthur W Mergner, David Kabbes, Debra Stefaniak, Edward J Wehmer, F Quinn Stepan, F Quinn Stepan Jr, Frank Pacholec, Gregory E Lawton, Gregory Servatius, Janet Anne Catlett, Jennifer Ansbro Hale, Luis Rojo, Robert Victor Slone, Scott R Behrens and Sean Thomas Moriarty. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Stepan.

SCL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hennessy Advisors Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, O Keefe Stevens Advisory Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Stepan company stock in the last year include Arthur W Mergner, Edward J Wehmer, F Quinn Stepan Jr, Frank Pacholec, Gregory E Lawton, Scott R Behrens and Sean Thomas Moriarty. View Insider Buying and Selling for Stepan.

SCL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpine Global Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Stepan stock in the last two years include David Kabbes, Janet Anne Catlett and Luis Rojo. View Insider Buying and Selling for Stepan.

Shares of SCL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $102.71.

Stepan has a market capitalization of $2.31 billion and generates $1.99 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $112.76 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.88 on an earnings per share basis. Stepan employs 2,250 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Stepan.

The official website for Stepan is http://www.stepan.com/.

Stepan's mailing address is 22 West Frontage Road, Northfield IL, 60093. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 847-446-7500 or via email at [email protected]